Chapter 913: The Mirage Dragon
The warship that suddenly emerged from the sea startled all three people on the scene.
Hearing her call out his codename, Zhang Yi's gaze sharpened slightly.
Only when he saw the ice-blue rose emblem on her combat suit did Zhang Yi realize who had arrived.
One of the six major investigation teams from Jiangnan Region—Rose Squad.
And the person before him was undoubtedly Rose Squad's captain, Linghu Feixue.
Zhang Yi just hadn't expected them to actually be naval forces!
After appearing, Linghu Feixue smiled and greeted Zhang Yi, then turned her gaze toward the massive black dragon in the air.
"He's not the Dragon King's true form!"
"I've been tracking that guy's location for over several months now. He's extremely cautious, always holed up in some bunker somewhere in the Starry Sea Region.""What we're seeing here is just his clone!"
Zhang Yi suddenly understood why the Dragon King before him didn't exert enough oppressive force.
So it wasn't the real body coming after all.
No wonder he had appeared on the battlefield so quickly.
The Dragon King was furious upon seeing Rose Squad.
"You damned woman! If I weren't wary of the forces behind you, I would have killed you long ago!"
Linghu Feixue wasn't bothered in the slightest. She pressed down her hat brim and said calmly:
"So what? Why make excuses for your cowardice. Since you dared to attack Jiangnan Region, you should have expected this day would come!"
The Dragon King breathed heavily, his massive teeth grinding audibly.
In his heart, he cursed Kanute repeatedly.
If that guy hadn't taken matters into his own hands and rashly sent troops to attack Tianhai City, would the Tianlong Pirate Crew have ended up in such a passive situation today?
"Arrogant!!"
The Dragon King opened his mouth and spewed a torrent of raging flames toward Linghu Feixue!
Linghu Feixue drew her sword with a ringing "shing" sound.
She spoke rapidly to Zhang Yi: "I'll handle the Dragon King's clone, you go kill Nirot!"
With that, she leaped forward toward the Dragon King.
She gently parted her lips, and a multicolored bubble enveloped her, lifting her into the air.
The black flames were intensely hot, rapidly raising the temperature of the surrounding sea for miles, melting the ice layer, and even causing fish to float to the surface unable to withstand the heat.
Linghu Feixue swept her sword through the air, creating a scene as beautiful and dreamlike as something from a fairy tale.
Countless multicolored bubbles, as if spraying from a bubble machine, rapidly flew toward the Dragon King.
But these seemingly gorgeous bubbles exploded instantly upon contact with the black flames!
"BOOM!!!!"
One after another, the multicolored bubbles exploded with terrifying force, directly neutralizing the Dragon King's flames.
Without hesitation, Zhang Yi reversed his grip on his blade and chased after Nirot.
Nirot was now terrified, realizing that in a one-on-one situation, he was no match for Zhang Yi at all!
So without hesitation, he dove back into the seawater.
However, after dehydration, to transform again he needed to absorb large amounts of water.
But the surrounding seawater was already contaminated, full of oil slicks, making transformation impossible.
He could only desperately swim toward the seabed.
Yet at that moment, Zhang Yi activated Three Thousand Worlds and dove into the water to pursue him.
Nirot took three sea-urchin-like naval mines from his pocket and threw them directly at Zhang Yi behind him.
Zhang Yi didn't even bother dodging.
The mines passed through him, emerging from behind, and by the time they exploded, Zhang Yi had already closed in on him.
In human form, Nirot's swimming speed was no match for Zhang Yi with his technological enhancements.
Holding his blade, Zhang Yi sent Void Power coiling toward Nirot like a serpent.
Unwilling to be captured without a fight, Nirot condensed two lightning chains in his hands to counterattack.
Void Power and lightning chains collided violently on the seabed.
Nirot's lightning chains were shattered section by section, dissolving into white points of light that vanished in the sea.
Zhang Yi had already closed the distance, firing torpedoes at him as if they were free.
Nirot dodged left and right.
Unable to transform into his Thunder God Jellyfish form, he was merely human and couldn't withstand such violent explosions.
He could bear it no longer and forcefully began absorbing surrounding seawater, attempting a second transformation.
Zhang Yi quietly detonated several dozen barrels of gasoline on the seabed, right around Nirot.
Nirot: "I &*@%#%#￥%……"
Zhang Yi watched him coldly underwater: "You've gained some weight now."
As he spoke, he fired another torpedo directly at Nirot.
A violent explosion occurred underwater. Nirot's transformation wasn't complete—only halfway through, his body not fully expanded—and half his body was blown away instantly.
Looking at his soft-bodied form, Zhang Yi felt troubled.
Where exactly was the core essence? This wouldn't be easy to absorb!
So he raised Holy Judgment and said to Nirot:
"Surrender, and I'll spare your life. You're talented. As long as you're willing to serve me in the future, I'll protect you."
Hearing this, Nirot quickly responded:
"Fine, show your sincerity first. Put away your blade!"
Zhang Yi narrowed his eyes.
"Stubborn as a mule!"
"Do you really think I can't kill you just because we're underwater?"
Nirot didn't respond.
Zhang Yi's combat power was indeed superior to his.
But in his jellyfish form, unless completely dehydrated, as a neural organism, he could regenerate as long as any part of his tissue survived.
Killing him wouldn't be that easy.
There was another possibility—draining all his superhuman energy, forcing him back to human form.
However, how could a top-tier Delta-level superhuman be easily drained to exhaustion?
Zhang Yi was growing impatient.
They were in the ocean, and Nirot kept fleeing toward deeper waters. If he really reached the deep sea, Zhang Yi would hesitate to pursue.
Because four to five months of navigation had taught him the ocean's terrors well.
Zhang Yi took a deep breath. "Fine."
He began condensing void energy again, gathering it on Holy Judgment in his right hand.
Nirot had seen the power of this technique—even the Dragon King's clone could barely withstand it, let alone him in his current state.
But Nirot couldn't escape. He could only hope this attack would at most sever his body.
However, he soon couldn't maintain even that delusion.
The void energy in Zhang Yi's hand grew increasingly intense, until finally it resembled a massive black sun appearing in the deep sea, making the depths even darker, as if plunged into endless night.
At the center of the gigantic black sun, Zhang Yi was the core, his cold eyes looking down on Nirot—the only white light in the eternal night.
Nirot finally panicked, as if seeing his death star shining brightly.
"I surrender!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, Zhang Yi's blade in his right hand came slashing down.
Above the sea surface, the Dragon King's clone and Linghu Feixue, locked in combat, suddenly heard an ear-splitting roar.
They couldn't help but glance sideways, seeing a massive trench over a thousand meters long suddenly appear on the sea surface!
Seawater frantically poured into it, creating a soul-shaking roar.
Author's Note